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    The "Godfather" of COAR Great-Kazoo's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by cstone View Post
    I passed both Tech and General. They offered me the Extra and chose to hold off.

    Odd part was there were a bunch of questions that I never saw in the pool questions. Passing is passing, but after seeing the second or third question I didn't recognize almost caused me to

    I now have my license to learn. I will post up when my call sign shows up on the website to give people an idea on how long the paperwork is taking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo View Post
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    EIEIO

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    If anyone else is thinking about getting into this, I bought this book on Monday at lunch and was able to pass the Tech test last night: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00..._prd_ttl_sol_0

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    big congrats to Kiwiracer and cstone!! Way 2 go!
    "Guilty of collusion"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Singlestack View Post
    big congrats to Kiwiracer and cstone!! Way 2 go!
    Yep congrats on joining the ranks
    Getting people more wound up than a liberal who just lost their welfare check

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    For all you Baofeng UV-5 type radio users, I found a much better manual.

    http://www.buytwowayradios.com/blog/...rs_manual.aspx
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    See our reviews below:

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    Have to ask, whats with the sudden increase in interest in ham radio, and even echolink? Just curious what compelled many of you to get into it, or start studying this year, and not last year?
    Getting people more wound up than a liberal who just lost their welfare check

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    Funds went up, prices went down. At least that was part of it. Plus, more people I wanted to potentially talk to got radios. No point of having a radio if you have no one to talk to and I'm not interested in making new friends.
    "There are no finger prints under water."

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    Quote Originally Posted by streetglideok View Post
    Have to ask, whats with the sudden increase in interest in ham radio, and even echolink? Just curious what compelled many of you to get into it, or start studying this year, and not last year?
    I've been told that ham radio operators get all the women.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian View Post
    I've been told that ham radio operators get all the women.
    This.


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